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An agreement has been reached on a law on digital services: what is illegal offline will also be illegal online The Council and the European Parliament have reached an agreement on a law on digital services to make the online environment safer. The Digital Services Act, which establishes the principle [...]

According to the European Commission data, January 2022 saw a 25% increase compared to last year Agri-food trade in the EU seems to have overcome the pandemic crisis. This is demonstrated by the latest data published by the European Commission, according to which the total value of trade in the [...]

Istat records a decrease of 5% in the three-year period 2018-2020 compared to the previous one The health crisis has slowed down the innovation race of Italian companies. This is certified by the data of a study published by Istat, according to which in the three-year period 2018-2020 50.9% of [...]

The objective is to protect and strengthen the sector after the crisis To protect and strengthen the freight and people transport sector. This is the aim of the Emergency Transport Plan, adopted by the European Commission in response to the economic crisis in the sector, which has been hampered both [...]

Commission proposes framework to also protect industrial products The Commission has proposed for the first time a framework to protect the intellectual property of craft and industrial products which are the result of the originality and authenticity of traditional regional practices. Drawing on the success of the Geographical Indications (GI) [...]

Agreement in Europe to recognise it in the areas of socio-health and home care Another step is taken towards the recognition of Covid-19 as an occupational disease. The EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work, which brings together Member States, workers and employers, has reached agreement on the [...]

Green light of the European Commission to the Ministry framework scheme The European Commission gives the green light to the Italian framework scheme notified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, which provides 1.2 billion euros in support of agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture to reduce the impact on [...]

Council of Ministers approves legislative decree on transparent conditions The Council of Ministers has approved, in preliminary examination, a legislative decree implementing the EU Directive 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019, on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union. The Decree [...]

Export: excellent performance but volumes remain lower than France and Spain Italy is the queen of the production of wines and sparkling wines, but is lagging behind in export volumes. According to data presented by Ismea at Vinitaly, Italy maintains its world leadership in the production of wines and sparkling [...]

Commission takes new measures to promote circular business models The European Commission has put forward a package of proposals aimed at making products sustainable in the EU a practice, promoting circular business models and providing consumers with the means to participate in the green transition. The new rules advocated by [...]